TOSSES Synonyms: 149 Similar and Opposite Words

tosses

verb

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present tense third-person singular of toss

as in lurches

to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions the boat tossed to and fro in the heavy seas

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as in fidgets

to make jerky or restless movements tossed and turned in bed all night, unable to sleep in the heat

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as in throws

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm toss that football over here

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as in discards

to get rid of as useless or unwanted we need to go through the basement and toss whatever we don't use

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Recent Examples of tosses Macfadyen tosses Dirty Rotten Scoundrels into the stew of influences. —

Sarah Rodman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026 Lindell eventually accepts the documents, tosses them aside, and continues his interview with O’Keefe Media Group reporter Michael Casey. —

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026 While the two men struggle with the jammed backdoor, Weisz’s character tosses them both a look before rushing toward the flames to grab her unfinished manuscript, written on legal pads, and dashing out of the cabin just in time. —

Meg Walters, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2026 Gyllenhaal lovingly crafts this scarred, stapled and eccentric Bonnie and Clyde duo then tosses them into a landscape of curiosities that matches their weird. —

Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026 During trials, the advanced wing neutralized 87 percent of the turbulence that typically tosses usual underwater vehicles off course. —

Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Mar. 2026 But don’t let any of that hinder you from seeing director/co-screenwriter Ryan Prows’ nutso horror movie, which also tosses some decidedly less effective social commentary onto the barbie. —

Randy Myers, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026 Some lay them flat, others hang them up, and the last set tosses them into a bin. —

Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2026 The redshirt freshman’s total attempts and TD tosses rank within the top 10 single-season numbers in program history. —

Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025

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But Wembanyama is on the short list of MVP favorites as the league lurches toward the playoffs, a list that includes former NBA champions Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of OKC, Denver’s Nikola Jokic along with Detroit’s Cade Cunningham and Los Angeles’ Luka Doncic.

— Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 21 Feb. 2026
After a moment of hesitation, Harington lurches forward and plants a passionate kiss on Turner, who responds in kind.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026